General Discussion

It has occurred to me that should we prevail come Nov 5, we could soon see another round of MSM "bipartisanship"
buzz, spurred on by some sort of Kumbaya push by the media, by so-called moderates (Problem Solvers, Blue Dogs, Jared Golden) and likely some of our new allies.

David Brooks will cite the cooperation between anti-Trump Republicans and the Democracy movement as a signal that the time is right for President Harris to reach out and invite Republicans into the fold, formally, by forming some sort of coalition Cabinet. I then expect the Sunday gasbags to expand on the notion, and in Politico and the Hill we will soon start seeing lists of GOP folks who are being talked about as potential cabinet members.

I dread what happens come December when a Harris Administration transition team member tries to explain to Jake Tapper or Margaret Brennan that it isn't a great idea to make Rob Portman or Paul Ryan or Nikki Haley a member of the Cabinet. And keep a watchful eye on the Steve Schmidts and Rick Wilsons of the post Trump world, I expect them to start talking about similar scenarios very soon after.

And maybe even here on DU, a number of the more savvy of us will start posting about the advantages of offering a few key posts to GOPers, if for no other reason, to quiet the discussions discussed above.

I see it coming, and I am not often wrong when it comes to mistrusting the good intentions of our Party to try for compromise. We get rolled pretty easily, the media is always there to help the GOP, and some of our new allies are very savvy and really share few of our interests or policy concerns.